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-No. 286,568. Patented 001;. 9, 1883.

ATENT Fries.

CHARLES ZIMMERLING, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO E. TRYOK,JR,

OF SAME PLACE.

SOAP

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 286,568, dated October9, 1883.

Application filed September a 1881i. (No model.)

I" (1.9 whom mwy conceive:

Be it known that I, CnARLEs ZIMMERLING, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania,have invented a new and useful Improvement in Soap,which improvement isfully set forth in the following specification a... and accompanyingdrawings, in which' Figures 1 and 2 are top or plan views of cakes ofsoap embodying my invention. Fig. 8 is a section in line as m, Fig. 1.Fig. 4 is a side elevation of a modification. Fig. 5 is a top or planview of a modification. Fig. 6

is a side elevation thereof. Fig. 7 is a side 1 elevation of amodification. Fig. 8 is a section thereof in line 31, Fig. 7.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the severalfigures.

My invention consists of a cake or piece of soap having on the facethereof a pocket to receive a box or package of merchandise, and anopening leading to said pocket, whereby, "by the insertion of the fingeror a suitable implement in said opening, the box or package 2 5 may beconveniently removed.

It also consists in applying to the box or package a coating ofpreservative nature.

Referring to the drawings, A represents a cake or piece of soap, and Brepresents a pocket formed in said cake or piece to receive a box orpackage, G, containing or consisting of any desirable merchandisesuch asblacking, bluing, stove-polish, &c.thus conveniently packing saidmerchandise with the soap.

In the soap there is formed an opening, D, which extends at or about aright angle to the pocket B, whereby, by the insertion of the finger orany suitable implement, the box or package 0 may be readily pushed fromthe pocket, and thus removed.

In Figs. 3 and 4: the openings D extend at a right angle, respectively,to the bottom and sides of the box or package. The box or package isdipped in parafiine or wrapped in paraf- 5 fine-paper, the objectwhereof is to protect said box or package from injurious action of thesoap, and vice versa, and the combined articles may be shipped todistant places and remain in stock without deterioration.

It will be noticed that in Fig. 3 the opening D extends only to apartial extent through the cake. This leaves a wall, a, between the baseof the pocket or recessB and inner end of the opening. Should air reachthe pocket through the opening D, it will dry the sides thereof,thuscausing the soap to contract and tightly compress the box orpackage,0ccasioning much difficulty in removing the same. The wall aprevents such action, but may, however, be punched.through by the fingeror an implement when required to remove the box or package, as isevident.

' It is evident that I may use any other preservative coating in lieu ofparaffine or paraffine-p'aper.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1'. As a new article of manufacture, a com bined cake or piece of soapand article of mer- 7o chandise, the same consisting of the cake orpiece having a pocket or recess in which a box or package of suchmerchandise is fitted and retained, substantially as and for the purposeset forth.

2. A cake of soap provided with a pocket or recess and an openingleading thereto, substantially as and forthe purpose set forth.

3. A cake of soap provided with a pocket or recess and an openingextending partly through the same, leaving a wall between said recessand opening, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4. A cake of soap provided with a pocket or recess, and an article ofmerchandise having a preservative coating fitted in said recess,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

a 7 GHARLES ZIMMERLING.

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